Out my back door.
03-22-2007, 03:35 PM
#32
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin/Michigan
Posts: 9,679
RE: Out my back door.
ORIGINAL: early in
onestab, you hit the nail on the head, well stated!
ORIGINAL: onestab
It' easy to bait large numbers of deer during the winters here in PA. We have alot of them. I see at least two or three every night out in my back woodlot every night but I prefer not to feed them. Supplemental winter feeding for the purpose of "viewing deer" is selfish and has very little benefit to the deer. Almost every state game or wildlife agency website will have articles discouraging supplemental feeding of deer, particularly in winter. There are numerous reasons, not the least of which is an unnatural concentrating of feeding deer in one area that could led to spread of disease. If you really want to help them in especially rough winters, cut a few preferred young trees or large limbs down so they can access their natural winter food - browse.
It' easy to bait large numbers of deer during the winters here in PA. We have alot of them. I see at least two or three every night out in my back woodlot every night but I prefer not to feed them. Supplemental winter feeding for the purpose of "viewing deer" is selfish and has very little benefit to the deer. Almost every state game or wildlife agency website will have articles discouraging supplemental feeding of deer, particularly in winter. There are numerous reasons, not the least of which is an unnatural concentrating of feeding deer in one area that could led to spread of disease. If you really want to help them in especially rough winters, cut a few preferred young trees or large limbs down so they can access their natural winter food - browse.
